
What Would You Say to a Wife Whose Husband Has Decided to Live as a Woman?
01/31/24 • 58 min
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- Interview: Alan Shlemon on what one should say to a wife whose husband has decided to live as a woman (00:00)
- Commentary: Grace is the antidote to cancel culture (thoughts on how Christians are responding to Alistair Begg’s advice about attending a wedding where one person is transgender). (42:00)
- Should You Accommodate an LGBT Person’s Requests? by Alan Shlemon
- Greg’s comments on Alistair Begg’s advice last week
- Would You Attend a Gay Wedding? by John Piper
- Transgender: Truth and Compassion by Alan Shlemon
- Interview: Alan Shlemon on what one should say to a wife whose husband has decided to live as a woman (00:00)
- Commentary: Grace is the antidote to cancel culture (thoughts on how Christians are responding to Alistair Begg’s advice about attending a wedding where one person is transgender). (42:00)
- Should You Accommodate an LGBT Person’s Requests? by Alan Shlemon
- Greg’s comments on Alistair Begg’s advice last week
- Would You Attend a Gay Wedding? by John Piper
- Transgender: Truth and Compassion by Alan Shlemon
Previous Episode

Should You Tell Your Children Your Spouse Has Left Christianity?
Greg responds to a question about whether you should tell your children your spouse has left Christianity, then he takes Open Mic calls about why John was called the greatest “among those born of women,” transgender children, and whether taking fertility drugs would interfere with God’s timing and plan. Topics:
- Commentary: Should you tell your children your spouse has left Christianity? (00:00)
- How should I understand the saying in Matthew 11:11 and Luke 7:28 that John was the greatest “among those born of women” if Jesus was also born of a woman? (27:00)
- Would this question help a parent realize what’s best for their child? “If you could snap your fingers and get the best outcome for your child, would you choose for your child’s body to match their mind or to not match?” (38:00)
- Is it okay to take fertility drugs, or would that be interfering with God’s timing and plan? (47:00)
- #STRask podcast with Greg and Amy
- Record an Open Mic question
- When Transgender Children Are Harmed by the People Who Intended to Help Them by Amy Hall
- How to Help Transgender Children by Amy Hall
- The Tragic Consequences of the IVF Industry by Amy Hall
- How IVF Is Changing Our View of Human Beings by Amy Hall
- The Black Box of IVF by Alan Shlemom
- What You Might Not Know about IVF – Alan Shlemon and Amy Hall
Next Episode

Is a Sex-Change Surgery the Same Kind of Thing as Fixing a Cleft Palate?
Greg talks to Tim Barnett about the release of his new book, The Deconstruction of Christianity, then he answers questions about why a sex-change surgery isn’t the same kind of thing as fixing a cleft palate, which kinds of weddings we shouldn’t attend, and Jesus’ limitations as an infant. Topics:
- Interview: Tim Barnett on the release of his new book (00:00)
- Is a sex-change surgery the same kind of thing as repairing a cleft palate? (09:00)
- Commentary: Which kinds of weddings should we not attend? (30:00)
- When Jesus was an infant, was he limited to only the knowledge and wisdom an infant would have, or was there a part of him that existed outside the limitations of an infant? (40:00)
- The Deconstruction of Christianity: What It Is, Why It’s Destructive, and How to Respond by Tim Barnett and Alisa Childers
- Donate to Stand to Reason
- #STRask: Should We Correct a Wrongly-Gendered Body Just as We Correct Bad Eyesight?
- #STRask: Why Is It Wrong to Have Surgery to Alter Your Sex?
- What the Bible Says about Divorce and Remarriage by Wayne Grudem
- Why I Changed My Mind about Deconstruction by Tim Barnett
- Don’t Assume We Should Change the Body to Match the Mind by Amy Hall
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